A couple of oldies arrived today, both near mint replacements for poorer models.

The no. 257 Fire Chief's Car is a replacement for the example which was included in my recently acquired Fire Service Set, which turned out to have some touch-ups. This one is all clean and, fortunately, it was offered unboxed. The wonderful, bright blue no. 29e Single Deck Bus with coloured hubs just shows some slight rust on some of the crimped axle ends. Very happy with these improvements! Kind regards, Jan 

Jan---Very nice replacements indeed.....I especially like that light blue version of the Single Deck Bus.  It seems to suit it so well.  I was also in the midst of trying to replace some of my lesser condition Dinky's when I retired from collecting, so I only replaced some.

    Best regards,  Terry

Terry, what do you mean by this unusual phrase "retired from collecting"? 

Some minor recent arrivals ... ah, to be able to go out for a drive -- or at least wait for a bus -- on a nice spring day!

A new Jeep -- can climb rocks even with plastic wheels ...

Some more additions today. The Austin 1800 is not very presentable, but I believe that colour is pretty uncommon.

Jonathan,

Yes the light blue Austin 1800 is rare. Do not look for a yellow end flaps box, there are not any. This is the only Dinky which has been packed exclusively in yellow Visi-Pacs. It is also together with the Vauxhall Victor 101 the first Dinky with Hi-Lite headlights which are different to the jewelled lenses.

I do not generally collect Dinky airplanes, but who could resist this brave little survivor?

That Spitfire brooch is a real beauty!

Light blue suits the Austin 1800 much better than the usual metallic hue.  Check the bonnet and the boot - some are metallic blue underneath.  My light-blue example has 3 lines of text for the patent, compared to 3 lines on my metallic-blue one.

Hi Fred

you probably mean : "3 lines of text for the patent, compared to 2 lines on my metallic-blue one".

Please lets continue this discussion on the proper thread at : http://www.dtcawebsite.com/forum-topic/171-austin-1800-saloon

Jacques

The Hi-Lite headlights were very attractive and realistic, and it's a pity they were only fitted to a few Dinkies.  The only ones I can think of are: Austin 1800, Vauxhall Victor 101, Ford Mustang, Hillman Imp, Leyland Dump Truck, AEC Artic BRS, and with most of these only some of the production run had the Hi-Lites.  By the time the Austin 1800 became a taxi it was fitted with normal jewelled headlights.  What other Dinky Toys were fitted with Hi-Lites?  I haven't included cars like the Aston Martin DB5 and DB6 which had specially-shaped headlights.

Just arrived from China. This mutant Atlas model has certainly been made in Wuhan. Do wear goggles to look at it, il may be contagious.

Is that for real, or Photoshop? Either way it is the stuff of nightmares!

Johnny,

It is not real, I just like to play with Photoshop which is a fanttic software. I wish that I could follow a course on Photoshop.

There are two nightmares with this model : the virus and the Atlas models.

Received this morning, just in time for May day.

Dear Jacques, I suspect this message to belong to the category of 'fake news'! 

Kind regards, Jan 

                                                     There is a possible variation to this lamp post : the high voltage line.

Real arrivals, not Photoshop   :)

I don't recall seeing the "Petrol" label in white very often ...

A still life of recent additions. The crown jewel is no doubt the ultra-rare 'Dieselelektrischer Kran auf LKW-Fahrgestell', the German promotional of the no. 972 Coles 20-ton Lorry Mounted Crane, issued in the early 1960s by the German branch of Coles in Duisburg. I referred to its existence in The Journal of January 2016. A private special is the mug with representation of my entire 555/955 collection. Kind regards, Jan 

O U A A H H H H   !  !    !      !

Probably the rarest Dinky Toys box.

Congratulations

New arrivals today. Probably my last, but not a bad note to go out on. (I always wanted the Job's Dairy van -- it was the first Dinky promotional I ever heard of, thanks to Cecil Gibson's book -- but overcompensated a little here.)

Wow, Jonathan, that's a big blow! Quite some of these sixpacks have come onto the market recently. 

For me the Job's was also the first one to get acquainted with. The Lorry Mounted Crane promo above I have never seen recorded before, not published in any book or article, as far as I'm aware. I have written an article for The Journal now.

Are you convinced these are probably your last? I am not.  Kind regards, Jan 

Jan -- I am out of space for new displays or models and do not want to acquire any Dinky Toys I cannot display; but you are right, history proves that as long as I live, I will be susceptible to Dinky charms.

I am looking forward to your Journal article on the Lorry Mounted Crane. This is indeed one of the most exceptional Dinky promos ever, and it will be wonderful to hsve more information about it.

Er, one more arrival I can just squeeze in!

Wow.....Too late a model for this early, senior collector, but still very nice......and somehow I’m not too surprised to see one more! Nice going Jonathan!
Best regards,
Terry

Hi Richard, that's quite a fleet of Bedford artics, collected in 'no time'. Congratulations!

It took me forty years of buying, selling and swapping to gather merely three examples

Kind regards, Jan 

New today :)